Piedmont
The prestigious Italian wine region is usually associated to great red wines, indeed Piedmont also surprises for the production of white wine and, last but not the least, sparkling wines as well ...
Piedmont :
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Piedmont / Piemonte (peed-mont / p'yay-mon'-the)
One of the most important wine producing regions in Italy. Situated in the northwestern corner of the country, up against the Alps.
Piedmont. Italian region best known for lusty reds including Barolo and Barbaresco.
Pinotage. Spicy, unusual red wine of South Africa.
Piedmont: An area in northwest Italy known for Barolo, Barbaresco, Barbera, Dolcetto and Moscato.
Pigeage: Punching down the grape skins to drown aerobic bacteria and encourage cuvaison. (see also Cuvaison) ...
Piedmont produces red Barolo and Barbaresco and the white, sparkling Asti Spumante. Vermouth, the flavoured dessert wine of Italy, originated in Turin, the principal Piedmontese city.
PIEDMONT
Sublime reds from this great region are a certainty and while I didn't get the chance to try that many examples at this year's VinItaly, I did sample a few beauties.
Like Piedmont, Tuscany's growing cycle was around three weeks earlier than usual, thanks to an unusually mild, dry winter and record temperatures in March and April.
Also "Piedmont," literally "the foot of the mountains," Northwestern Italian wine region in the Alpine foothills, producer of some of the world's greatest red wines.
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At Home in Piedmont
The wines people think of when Piedmont is discussed are Barolo, Barbaresco, and Dolcetto. They deserve their kudos, no question about their worthiness.
Grown in the Piedmont region of Italy and used to make both dry and spumante-style sweet red wines. (Sparking wine)
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After Nebbiolo, Piedmont's second grape is Barbera (used in the blends mentioned above). Great value wines can also be sourced from the a number of top producers who bottle under the Barbera d'Alba and Barbera d'Asti DOCs.
Viticulture
In Piedmont, usually grown on south facing hillsides.
Varietal/Blend
Used equally as a varietal and for blending with various Italian red wines.
Defined as "the king of wines and the wine of kings'' because of its regal characteristics, this splendid Piedmontese red is one of the standard-bearers of Italian enology.
It's made by a winery called Villa Giada, which is located in the middle of Piedmont, somewhere between Alba and Asti (technically, this wine is a Barbera d'Asti).
BARBERA: Semi-classic grape commonly grown in the Piedmont region and most of northern Italy. Now thought by some to be identical with the Perricone, or Pignatello, grape of Sardinia. Was probably imported into the U.S.A. late in the 19th century.
Most successful in Italy 's Piedmont region, where it makes such wines as Barbera d'Asti, Barbera di Monferato and Barbera di Alba.
The largest plantings of Nebbiolo are to be found in Piedmont in North-Eastern Italy. The naming of the grape seems to have been influenced by the fog usually present during the vintage season.
Barbera - The most widely grown red wine grape of Piedmont and Southern Lombardy, most famously around the towns of Asti and Alba. The wines of Barbera were once simply "what you drank while waiting for the Barolo to be ready".
Its ancestral home is in Italy's Piedmont region from the vineyards around the towns of Asti, Alexandria and Casale Monferrato. It is Italy's most common red grape.
The northern region of Piedmont makes Italy's most long lived and expensive red wines, Barolo and Barbaresco, from the Nebbiolo grape. This region is also responsible for tasty and more affordable reds from the Barbera and Dolcetto grapes.
The highest quality Barberas come from the Piedmont region, where fifteen times more acreage is devoted to it than to Nebbiolo. Barbera d'Asti and Barbera del Monferrato each produce about three times as much wine as Barbera d'Alba.
Asti from Piedmont was formerly called Asti Spumante - 'spumante' means 'sparkling' in Italian - but it became too associated with sugary, cheap generic spumantes.
Cortese, a white grape grown in north west Italy, primarily in Piedmont and parts of Lombardy. Cortese produces good quality wines with often delicate, fruity and citrus aromas and flavours, since it retains acidity even at full ripeness.
Barbaresco is made from the Nebbiolo grape in Piedmont, in the northern region of Italy. This medium- to full-bodied red wine can be sweet or dry and usually has low acidity.
A red-wine grape widely grown in the Piedmont region of Italy. Primarily used for making fast maturing, fruity and robust dark reds with a faintly bitter flavor.
Dolcetto
Red grape variety grown in Piedmont, northern Italy. It produces a fragrant and fruity style wine.
Grenache
Red grape variety grown in Piedmont, northern Italy. It produces a fragrant and fruity style wine.
Barbaresco: A respected red from Piedmont (Italy), lighter than Barolo, made from Nebbiolo grapes.
Bardolino: A light, red, slightly-sweet wine produced in the Veneto region of Northern Italy. Bardolino is best drunk when young.
Nebbiolo is the predominant grape in the Piedmont area of Italy, where Barolo is made. It's also grown in Switzerland, California and Australia. Its main characteristics would be that of tannic, prune, and chocolate.
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Barbera: A wine grape best known for producing red wines in the Piedmont district of Italy. It is also grown in other countries and is used as one of the best red varieties in California's central valley.
Barbaresco:Nebbiolo-based red wine made in Italy's Piedmont region.
Barolo:One of Italy's most important wines, Barolo is made from 100 percent Nebbiolo grapes in Piedmont.
To match wines in the same order (from heavy weight to light) you can select from Zinfandel, Cabernet Sauvignon, Piedmont (northern Italians), Bordeaux blends, Tuscan wines like Chianti (from Italy), Merlot, Pinot Noir, Burgundy wines, ...
Barbaresco: Red wine from the Northern region of Piedmont, Italy. It is lighter than a Barolo and made from Nebbiolo grapes.
In the southeastern part of the Piedmont region in Italy from which Moscato d'Asti hails, the local grape is Moscato Bianco or Moscato di Canelli. The Moscato family of grapes is characterized by an intense grape aroma and orange blossom nose.
Aglianico, Amarone, Barbera, Bardolino, Barolo, Brunello, Campania, Cava, Champagne, Chianti, Classico, Frascati, Grappa, Lambrusco, Malbec, Marsala, Merlot, Montepulciano D'Abruzzo, Morellino, Moscato, Nebbiolo, Nero D'Avola, Piedmont, Pinot Grigio, ...
Or move to ordering a wine from Italy and you will often hear of a Chianti- made from the Sangiovese grape varietal, or look at Piedmont's Barolo or Barbaresco wines (both of which hail from the Nebbiolo varietal).
 See also: Region, Italy, Wine, Red, Grape
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